Arctic Perspective Cahier No. 1: Architecture

Arctic Perspective Initiative (API) is proud to announce the publication of the first of four Cahiers, published in conjunction with the project Arctic Perspective. Arctic Perspective Cahier no. 1: Architecture focuses on Arctic architecture and documents the results of the international API design competition. It is edited by Andreas Müller (An Architektur, Berlin), designed by Ziga Testen (Maastricht/Ljubljana), and published by Hatje Cantz (Ostfildern).

An open design competition was held in summer 2009 which received 103 submissions from thirty different countries. The first part of Cahier no. 1 is a reflection on the competition process, the three third place sharing awarded projects, and several striking ideas developed in other submissions. Part Two of the cahier is devoted to a series of essays commissioned for the publication in order to reflect on the manifold questions surrounding the Arctic and its architecture, such as historical precedents, northern cultures, sustainability, and feasibility. Part Three of the book contains two reports of expeditions to the Arctic.

The series editors have made an online version of this work available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync-nd/3.0/). It can be accessed and dowloaded through the project website at: www.arcticperspective.org